Space Station 10 Space Words

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Across
  1. 7. a group of stars.
  2. 8. the seventh planet from the sun. This planet is an ice giant, and the only planet that spins on its side.
  3. 10. small, rocky bodies that orbit around stars. Also called micro planets or planetoids.
  4. 12. the eighth and farthest planet from the sun.
  5. 13. the sixth planet from the sun known for its rings.
  6. 14. the star at the center of our solar system.
  7. 15. a giant sphere of super hot gas made up of mostly hydrogen and helium
  8. 16. a living being from another planet.
  9. 19. is a small object that orbits, or revolves around, a larger object in space.
  10. 22. an invisible force that pulls objects towards each other.
  11. 23. suit a suit that covers the entire body designed to keep its wearer alive in outer space.
  12. 24. a flying device shaped like a tube, that is driven by hot gases released from engines in its rear.
Down
  1. 1. large natural objects that orbit around stars.
  2. 2. a large natural object that orbits around planets. We call ours the moon.
  3. 3. the second planet from the sun. The brightest planet in the sky when viewing from earth.
  4. 4. space rocks and chunks of space metal that land on earth.
  5. 5. the fifth planet from the sun, and also the largest.
  6. 6. the smallest planet in our solar system. The closest planet to the sun.
  7. 9. a person who is specially trained to travel outer space.
  8. 11. shuttle a spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo between earth and space that can be used repeatedly.
  9. 15. probe an unmanned space mission, usually a small spacecraft sent out to find out information about a planet or other far away thing.
  10. 17. pad a nonflammable platform from which a rocket can be launched.
  11. 18. the fourth planet from the sun
  12. 20. a rocky, terrestrial planet that we call home.
  13. 21. an instrument that uses lenses and sometimes mirrors to make distant objects appear larger.